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“No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Smoky Mountain Local 507

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  • These Workers Claimed Their Power

    A tenacious union drive on Alaska's North Slope united 267 workers across a handful of remote sites, culminating last month in a landslide vote to join the USW. Their victory in spite of daunting chal... —

  • It’s Been My Life

    Working shoulder-to-shoulder with USW members—hundreds of thousands of them, in every sector of the economy—has been much more than an honor. It’s been my life. I’m retiring in the near future, confid... —

  • Paying It Forward

    USW members who work at the BFGoodrich plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., are among a growing number of union activists nationwide who draw strength from their unions and then pay it forward. The post Paying... —

  • Saving The Ones Who Leave No Stone Unturned

    Workers forced Donald Trump to back down from his reckless plan to gut the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, meaning that millions of workers across the country will continue to b... —

  • This is What Spite Gets Us

    Upon returning to office a year ago, Donald Trump deliberately derailed America's manufacturing boom and imposed an economic agenda driven by vendetta, not the American worker. The post This is What... —